Social Programs and Optional Tours


During the congress, the following events are planned to make the congress more fruitful.

- Welcome Reception (Sunday Evening)
- Banquet (Wednesday Evening)
- Accompanying Persons' Program (Monday-Thursday)
- Optional Plant Tours (Friday)

Please note that the plan and the fee of the banquet have been changed.
The balance wiil be paid back at the on-site desk to those who has paid the old fee of the banquet.


1. Welcome Reception
November 2 (sun) 17:00-19:00
5F Foyer, Tower Hall Funabori (Edogawaku Sohgoh Kumin Hall)

All registered participants and accompanying persons are invited to the Welcome Reception. Only drinks (wine, juice) and snacks will be served. (Free of charge.)

2. Banquet
November 5 (wed) 17:30-20:30
Restaurant in Tokyo Sea Life Park, Kasairinkai Park

All registered participants and accompanying persons are invited to the Banquet. The dinner will be served with live Japanese traditional music performances after enjoying an aquarium. Chartered buses are available from the Congress venue. Fee of the banquet is 8,000 Japanese Yen per person.

* Tokyo Sea Life Park

3. Accompanying Persons' Program
November 3 (Mon) 12:00-18:00
November 4 (Tue) 11:00-16:00
November 5 (Wed) The time is not yet fixed.
November 6 (Thu) The time is not yet fixed.
Japanese Rooms (4F), Tower Hall Funabori (Edogawaku Sohgoh Kumin Hall)

The Japanese style tea will be served at Japanese Rooms during the convention. Introductory lessons of the Japanese tea ceremony is held on Monday and Tuesday. Only service of Japanese tea is offered on Wednesday and Thursday.

4. Optional Plant Tours Program
November 7 (Fri.)

Two courses for the plant tour are being arranged as shown below. Those who wish to attend are asked to fill in advance the relevant column in the registration form before the convention. Both tours will depart from and come back to Tower Hall Funabori (Edogawaku Sohgoh Kumin Hall), and the fee is 7,000 Japanese Yen including lunch and transportation.

Tour A (8:00-17:30)

The bus will start at 8:30 from the Congress site and return to the same place at 17:30.

1. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan)

2. Tanashi Factory of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

Tentative Time Table
08:00Meeting at Tower Hall Funabori
08:30Departure
10:00Arrive at JAXA (NAL)
12:00-13:00Lunch
13:00Departure
13:30Arrive at IHI
15:30Departure
17:30Return to Tower Hall Funabori

Tour B (8:30-16:40)

The bus will start at 9:00 from the Congress site and return to the same place at 16:40.

1. All Nippon Airways Power Plant Maintenance Center

2. Shinagawa Thermal-Power Station of The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Ltd.

Tentative Time Table
08:30Meeting at Tower Hall Funabori
09:00Departure
10:00Arrive at ANA
12:00-13:00Lunch
13:00Departure
13:40Arrive at TEPCO
15:40Departure
16:40Return to Tower Hall Funabori


5. Applications

Applications for the Banquet and Plant Tours are to be made no later than October 22 by using the Application Form of the congress. No refund is available for cancellations of the banquet and plant tours. Those who would like to attend an optional tour are kindly requested to fill in the passport number blanks in the Application Form. Those accompanying persons who would like to attend the social programs are also requested to fill in the spouse name blanks in the Application Form.

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